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Sir Walter Ralegh: A Biography

Name: Sir Walter Ralegh: A Biography
Author: William Stebbing
ISBN: 9781410209955

by William Stebbing

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Overview

CONTENTS Genealogy - In Search of A Career (1552-1581) - Royal Favour (1581-1582) - Offices and Endowments (1582-1587) - Virginia (1583-1587) - Patron and Courtier (1583-1590) - Essex. The Armada (1587-1589) - The Poet (1589-1593) - The Revenge (September 1591) - In the Tower. The Great Carack (1592) - At Home; and in Parliament (1592-1594) - Guiana (1594-1595) - Cadiz. The Islands Voyage (1596-1597) - Final Feud with Essex (1597-1601) - The Zenith (1601-1603) - Cobham and Cecil (1601-1603) - The Fall (April-June, 1603) - Awaiting Trial (July-November, 1603) - The Trial (November 17) - Its Justice and Equity - Reprieve (December 10, 1603) - A Prisoner (1604-1612) - Science and Literature (1604-1615) - The Release (March, 1616) - Preparing for Guiana (1616-1617) - The Expedition (May, 1617-June, 1618) - Return to the Tower (June-August, 1618) - A Moral Rack (August 10-October 15) - A Substitute for a Trial (October 22, 1618) - Ralegh's Triumph (October 28-29, 1618) - Spoils and Penalties - Contemporary and Final Judgments - Index

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